Sweet are the banks (Richard Langdon)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2013-10-14). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 62 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Sweet are the banks
Composer: Richard Langdon
Lyricist: William Wotycreate page
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: This glee was published while Langdon was organist at Exeter Cathedral, 1753-1777.
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Original text and translations
English text
Sweet are the banks when spring perfumes
The verdant plants and laughing flow'rs,
Fragrant the violet as it blooms,
And sweet the blossoms after show'rs.
Sweet is the soft, the sunny breeze,
That fans the golden orange grove;
But oh, how sweeter far than these,
Are the dear smiles of her I love.